DEVIL OF A STATE; A Novel
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., 1962. First American Edition. Cloth and boards. 8vo, beige quarter cloth with red & blue spine lettering over blue boards, archival mylar-protected pictorial line drawing of a wicker chair, fern, and pith helmet, 282 pages. Near Fine / Very Good. Item #10070
A stimulating historical fiction based on brilliant Anthony Burgess's experience working in Brunei, the capital of Borneo, though he displaced action to East Africa pursuiant to the publisher Heinemann's desire to avoid lawsuits.
Enormously gifted and energetic Anthony Burgess [John Anthony Burgess Wilson FRSL] was prolific as a novelist, critic, essayist, translator, and musician. He wrote more than 250 works. He is perhaps best known for the satirical classic The Clockwork Orange.
NF/VG edition in a sharp, unclipped dust jacket with a few wrinkles and small stains on its rear panel. Slight soil on lower edge of pages. No previous owner or remainder marks.
Price: $40.00